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Severe thunderstorms possible in Louisville Thursday | WHAS11 Weather Impact Alert Day

Excessive heat and strong storms are likely again Thursday. Friday will not be as hot, but pop-up downpours will linger.
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Futurecast shows a line of thunderstorms over Louisville around 6:30 p.m. | August 1, 2024

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Here we go again! Another day with dangerous triple digit heat index temperatures and then a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms. 

Before the storms fire up, be ready to battle brutally hot temperatures and tropical humidity levels Thursday afternoon.

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WHAS11 Weather Impact Alert Day issued for Thursday due to severe storms and heat. | August 1, 2024

HEAT INDEX

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Plenty of triple digit heat index temperatures are on tap for central Kentucky and southern Indiana this afternoon. Stay hydrated!

RELATED: EXPLAINED: What is the heat index, and why does it feel so hot?

STORMS

Just like Wednesday afternoon, storms are expected to fire up first in Indiana, then drop south through the evening, with the potential for damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, and torrential rainfall. 

We could once again have scattered power outages and localized flooding to watch out for through Thursday evening. 

RELATED: More excessive heat and storms Thursday | WHAS11 WEATHER IMPACT FORECAST

The heat won't be as bad Friday, but pop-up downpours will linger around Kentucky and Indiana. Our weather pattern will settle down with mostly dry conditions this weekend through next week. However, the heat and humidity will not go anywhere through our first week of August.

Even though humidity will not be in the tropical range by any means, it will definitely still stay on the humid side. We are used to it in early August though.

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Humid conditions are in the works for our area through the next seven days and beyond.

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